Praying twice : the music and words of congregational song
In this in depth look at hymns, Brian Wren explores the theological significance of congregational song, asks how music has meaning for its singers, and considers the importance of contemporary worship music. He argues that a hymn is a complex art form, deserving of recognition and study for its contributions to worship, education, and pastoral...
eBook, English, ©2000
Westminster John Knox Press, Louisville, Ky., ©2000
Criticism, interpretation, etc
1 online resource (ix, 422 pages) : music
9780585303697, 9781611642377, 058530369X, 161164237X
45843226
"Through all the changing scenes of life" : glimpses of congregational song
"Rescue the holy pleasure" : why congregational song is indispensable
"A more profound alleluia" : encouraging the people's song
"Some demand a driving beat" : contemporary worship music
"And speak some boundless thing" : assessing the lyrics of congregational song
"Sing them over again to me" : refrains, choruses, and other people's songs
"Captured by gender" : chant and ritual song
"Such a feast as mends in length" : hymns as poems of faith
"To me, to all, thy bowels move" : why do they keep changing the good old hymns?
"Echoes of the gospel" : how hymns do theology